So, What Just Happened with that Healthcare Vote? With the help of a tie-breaking vote from Mike Pence, Senate Republicans won a procedural vote yesterday to open up debate on repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act. But a few hours later, they didn't have the votes to actually pass their replacement plan. The bill failed 57-43, a bad sign for Republicans hoping to strip healthcare from millions.

But They're Still Not Done: Republicans plan to try again today with other repeal proposals, including a narrower "skinny repeal." The Washington Post: "The 'skinny repeal' option would repeal the ACA’s mandates that individuals buy plans and that employers with 50 or more employees provide coverage, said lobbyists and Senate aides, as well as eliminate the law’s tax on medical device manufacturers... Still both supporters and critics of GOP leaders’ strategy said there was no way to predict what sort of legislation would come out of the series of votes underway this week. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (Alaska), one of just two Republicans to vote against the motion to proceed with the health-care debate, said late Tuesday that 'there’s been a lot of discussion about' about a scaled-back bill, but no definitive proposal."

John McCain Returned to the Floor to Help Republicans and then Lecture Everyone about Civility and Bipartisanship: "I hope we can again rely on humility, on our need to cooperate, on our dependence on each other to learn how to trust each other again and by so doing better serve the people who elected us," he said after helping Republicans open debate about taking away live-saving healthcare. "Stop listening to the bombastic loudmouths on the radio and television and the Internet. To hell with them. They don't want anything done for the public good. Our incapacity is their livelihood."

Reminder: "Politics Is a Fight." "Civility seems like a pressing matter when you already have everything else you require. "

Trump Says Transgender People Will Not Be Allowed in the Military: Trump claims the military must be "focused on" victory. The New York Times: "Mr. Trump made the surprise declaration in a series of posts on Twitter, saying he had come to the decision after consulting with generals and military experts, whom he did not name."

Trump's Administration Is Also Trying to Repeal an Obama-Era Overtime Rule: The rule would give about 4.2 million workers mandatory overtime, according to Reuters. It was set to take effect last December until a federal judge blocked it. Trump's Department of Labor is now asking for public comments on the rule, "which is the first step in revoking or revising it," Reuters reports.

Seattle Police Union Files Complaint Over Body Cam Rollout: A week after Mayor Ed Murray announced he was issuing an executive order to begin rolling out police body cameras despite stalled negotiations with Seattle's police union, the union is pissed. The Seattle Police Officers Guild claims it's not opposed to body cameras, but has filed an unfair labor practice complaint claiming Murray's executive order violated state law. The Seattle Police Department plans to continue rolling out the cameras despite SPOG's complaint, Crosscut reports.

Health Department Will Remove "We're Hispanics" Anti-Pot Billboard: "The Washington State Department of Health is apologizing after some people were offended by anti-marijuana messaging aimed at Latino young people in the Yakima area," the Associated Press reports. "The public-health campaign includes advertisements and at least one billboard that says, 'We don’t need pot to have fun,' and 'We’re Hispanics … We’re cool by default.'" The department allocated $100,000 for the billboard and other ads in the Yakima area.

Voter Turnout in the August 1 Primary Looks Like It's Going to Suck: Folks, we need to talk:

Yes, as of now we're on track to hit our 38% projection for voter turnout.
— King Co Elections (@kcelections) July 25, 2017

The city is rife with income inequality. We're in the middle of a housing crisis. The police department is still under federal monitoring. Twenty-one people are running for mayor and an open city council seat is drawing huge outside spending. We have the chance to flip the Port. There's an arts/education tax Rich really wants you to care about. Given all that, did you think perhaps there might a surge in voter interest this year? If so, you were wrong.

According to King County Elections, we're on track for voter turnout less than 40 percent, right in line with past mayoral primaries in 2009 and 2013. So far, 8.4 percent of registered Seattle voters have turned in their ballots, according to the elections office. That's slightly lower than the rest of King County's 9.8 percent. And who are those voters? Like always, probably not you, young people. Find your ballot in your mailbox. If it's not there or you lost it, print one out here. Then mail it in or drop it in one of these drop boxes.

A Seattle NBA Team is "Inevitable." So says NBA commissioner Adam Silver. "We'll start looking at growth of franchises. That's always been the case in this league, and Seattle will no doubt be on a short list of cities we look at," Silver said in a recent interview. So, I don't know, maybe don't make bringing back the Sonics your number one issue when deciding who to vote for for mayor?

Woman Lost In Olympic National Park Survived Five Days by Building a Shelter, Eating Ants: "An ant bit her, which sparked an idea," the Seattle Times reports. "'I go, Well, I’ve got a bigger mouth than you, so I ate it.’”